happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
American Tiger Lily
Growing up in California, I was taught that lilies were exotic flowers imported from far away. Any wild lilies in the area where I grew up were considered invasive and although no efforts were made at eradication, they were often treated as weeds and removed from pristine lawns and yards. After spending 25 years in Japan, I moved to Ohio and was pleasantly surprised to find bright orange wild lilies growing abundantly in many fields and roadside ditches. Eventually, I learned this species was native to North America and was widely known as the “Tiger Lilly”, thus the name of the native maiden in James Barrie’s now legendary stage play, Peter Pan.
By Brian K Miller7 years ago in Motivation
I Moved Out at Eighteen... This Is What I've Learned
You read that right. I moved out of the house when I was eighteen. And I haven't moved back in. To be honest, I haven't stayed with my family for a time period longer than two weeks separated by five or six months. It wasn't hard to make that decision. I joined the Navy, and, so far, that decision has been made for me for the past four years. Let me answer a few questions you may have real quickly:
By David McKelly7 years ago in Motivation
10 Unique Methods to Improve Your Mood
There are many stressful occurrences in life that can negatively impact our mood. Fortunately, there are a variety of methods to go about improving your mood and seeing a change in your life. Here are 10 unique methods to improving your mood.
By Kari Oakley7 years ago in Motivation
What if We Looked at Life as if It Was an Abstract Painting
"What the hell is this supposed to be?" "My four year old could've drawn this shit." "I don't understand this painting, it's just a bunch of random splatters and splashes of paint on a canvas and blaby blah blah."
By Landon Girod7 years ago in Motivation
There Is Positivity in Negativity
"To everything, there is a season, a time for every purpose under the heavens."—Ecclesiastes 3:1 Above is a photograph that I took of the same exact tree, three months apart at the beginning of 2018. I was just fascinated at how a tree looks so empty and dead at the beginning of January, begins to transform when the climate changes in the Spring.
By Reynold Keith Koker7 years ago in Motivation
Take the Leap: Personal & Spiritual Growth Tips for the Journey
Is it just me, or does life continue to feel like it speeds up with each passing year? Throw some life goals and unfinished business into the mix, and the list of things to do just feels like a mountain of defeat. Before you start thinking, “Why try,” let’s look at the time you already have to hold a space for your growth.
By Cicely Everson7 years ago in Motivation
Discovering You Again
As women we have multiple pressures upon us of what we ‘should’ do and be as a female in society. We are bombarded with these pressures from all sides—social and media expectations, family and work commitments, the constant advertising ‘goals’ we are supposed to accomplish, and the result is we are diminished as individuals. We ‘must’ look a certain way, dress a certain way, and be all things to all people—Mother, wife, homemaker, excellent worker, athletic, fashionable, friend—and the list goes on. It is not achievable, and we should not try, but societal pressures make us feel like a failure if we don’t ‘match’ the ideal portrayed on every advert.
By Mandy Eve-Barnett7 years ago in Motivation
Heart in a Jar
What a violent way to end. With my heart in a jar, sitting in a dusty shelf in some weirdo’s office... that is not what happened. And I am very much alive. Truly alive, as some would say... this is not Once Upon a Time (TV show, not for kids—thank you, ABC), where you can just rip someone’s heart out with them still breathing, alive and well. This is not about a jealous step mother seeing her step daughter, and wanting nothing more than her heart, so she could just be done with this narrative. No. My apologies to those who enjoy such stories (I am one of them). I’m speaking in a more figurative fashion. I put my heart in a jar, because it was causing a little too much trouble, and I saw where it was leading... nowhere.
By Daisy Ray7 years ago in Motivation
The Emotional Scale
Emotions vibrate at certain frequencies. Learn about the frequencies so that you can take charge of how you feel. David Hawkins suggests that you can muscle test yourself or others to determine just where you are vibrating at. Are you enlightened? Are you depressed? These are two vibrations that are at either end of the scale.
By Angela Schnaubelt7 years ago in Motivation
The Key
At first glance it may look like just a key. In fact, it is just a key. It is what the key represents to me that really matters. It's the journey that led to the key. This is the key that opens the door to my future. It's the key to my passion and my purpose. It is the key to my souls mission. It's the key to my very own business. A business I built in my heart with the intended purpose of helping others find their light. I have finally discovered my purpose and I have never felt as free as the moment I held that key in my hand for the first time.
By Shay M7 years ago in Motivation
